LAWNS, GLADES AND GARDEN WALKS. 



to form a vista will explain this. The numerous small hummocks with which the rising 

 ground on either side is studded are removed and the surface left more or less to the 

 contours shown by the dotted line. 



Where the mansion has been designed in keeping with its surrcmndings and rightly 

 placed on the site, much interference with existing levels in the more naturally treated 

 portions of the grounds will very rarely be called for. There are, however, cases where 

 it is advisable to erect a screen between the gardens and outlying properties of an 

 unaesthetic character, or for the purpose of giving privacy from public thoroughfares. 

 In such instances the raising of a mound and a little judicious planting will soon secure 

 the best of all protections; but here again breadth of treatment is desirable, for if the 

 mound merely forms a ridge along the boundary its use is so apparent as to call 

 attention to what is on the other side instead of hiding it. 



FIG. 155. THE GLADE, LEWISTON MANOR. 



(See also III. Nos. i and 157). 



FIG. 156. GLADE CUT THROUGH COPPICE WOOD, 

 FOOTS CRAY PLACE. 



Woodland There is one form of lawn directly suggested by those clearings and roadways which 

 glades. abound in English woodlands and which ever attract and please the artistic mind and 



for which there is increasing opportunity. This is the woodland glade or green drive, 

 which is often, as in the accompanying photographs and plan (111. Nos. i, 155 and 157), 

 cut through coppice wood. Much of this class of land was originally planted because it 

 was too rough and hilly for arable purposes and not rich enough for permanent pasture. 

 Such land has usually great attractions for lovers of rural country who are seeking a 

 site for a new residence. Incidentally this is fortunate, for it leaves the broad pastures 

 and meadows for the fanner. 



In treating such a site, it is well to remember at the outset that the wildness which 

 first attracted attention to its desirability will not finally satisfy, at least for those 



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